 Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (VB .NET) |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 79 | 57 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 233 | 426 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.311 % | 0.431 % |
| As % of the category below | 5.742 % | 6.734 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 55 | 98 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £281 | £284 |
| Average daily rate | £300 | £301 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.53 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £318 | £319 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £305 | £313 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.84 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 44 | 67 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.58 | £36.19 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.42 | £38.21 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.30 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.26 | £40.23 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.21 | £34.57 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.94 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 4058 | 6326 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.409 % | 6.400 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1004 | 1560 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £311 | £311 |
| Average daily rate | £330 | £330 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.11 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £349 | £348 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 463 | 742 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.74 | £33.91 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.54 | £35.86 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.87 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.35 | £37.81 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VB.NET across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
